“In all fairness to my bandmates in Linkin Park, as well as to myself and to my family, I’m going to focus solely on Linkin Park so I can contribute 100%,” he said in a statement t the time. “It’s been an amazing experience and a dream come true, and I look forward to the future of both STP and Linkin Park.”

The nu-metal chiefs are working on the follow up to their 2014 album, The Hunting Party, which represented a return to the heavier 90’s rock sound of their seminal records.

In an interview with AltWire last year, producer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda indicated that the band’s next effort would showcase a different side to their sound.

“I’m really happy with the reaction from The Hunting Party, and I think we’re ready to move somewhere new on the next album,” he said, adding that they were hoping for a 2016 release.